Farm Tenants REAGE IN COUNTY Acres to Be Purchased
Resettlement Administration advances a farm purchase plan for Lucy Battle land in Hempstead County totaling 259 acres at an average cost per farmstead. Nine counties selected with 7148 acres targeted. Contracts to begin after title transfers, with completion set for March 31, 1937.
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Lucy Battle
Hempstead
United States
Nsas
Bankhead-Jones
Washington
Competiton
Virginia Industry Sees 20 Percent Boost in August
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce reports industrial employment rose about twenty percent in August compared with 1935, signaling stronger state manufacturing activity amid recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Collier Settles Famous Tax Suit
Memphis financier Tom Collier, once dubbed a millionaire pauper, loses the tax battle as the Collier family retains 350 acres and other parcels in a settlement with Memphis and Shelby County. The deal ends a 30 year fight over taxes, penalties, interest, and fees, with Tennessee to receive a $19,000 claim.
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Memphis
Tenn
Milllionaire
Tom Collier
Collier
Alice Trezenant Collier
Ela
Shelby County
Tennessee
Tom" Collier
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Glassy stare device touted in Vicla’s eight eye
A peculiar sales note describes a resin device called a glassy stare. Using a tilted lens and a wax system by Br. Wi Feingkinem of New York, the contraption covers an eye with glass, marketed as the newest contact product in Vicla.
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Vieja Ville
Br. Wi Feingkinem
New York
Vicla
Memphi s resident Mem phis City Feud Over East Parkway
The piece recalls Mem phis figure Collier, jailed over fees, who boasted of a 25 cent city dinner, threatened to run for mayor from behind bars, and proposed a city with no real city. He clashed with officials on East Parkway, once a state highway, and read petitions aloud amid hanging portraits of city fathers.
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Ail
Collier
Memphis
East Parkway
City Commission
Commission
Canvasback Duck on Protected List
The canvasback duck joins the protected list along with redheads as dwindling populations and past overhunting are recalled. Biologists note droughts and unfavorable conditions have reduced breeding ranges, while market hunting and high flesh value helped drive declines, with the species once common from the southern states to Alaska.
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Larry Brauer
Associated Press
Maryland
Atlantic
Drouth
Chesapeake Bay
Mexica
Alaska
Central
Heat No Threat on Western Train
A mother’s diary of a baby aboard a modern air conditioned Western train illustrates comfort on cross country travel through heat. The piece notes calm sleep and a fresh car atmosphere, praising air conditioning for easing long trips with young children.
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Ruth Cameron
Chicago
West Coast
Harry G. Taylor
Western Association of Railway
Moniter
Junior
Blossoms Bloom Again This Year
A fragment notes that flowers are in blossom now for the second time this year. The brief mentions renewed bloom and seasonal resurgence without additional context or figures.
Attack on U S Destroyer Kane in Spanish waters
The report notes an aerial attack on the U S destroyer Kane near Spain. Fifteen minutes after the first strike a third bomb followed by anti aircraft fire, then three more bombs were dropped. No deliberate attack was admitted by the State Department, which said both sides sought to avoid American nationals and property.
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Vestle
Kane
State Department
Spain
United States
Dhue
Madrid News Brief Describes Key Rebel Advance
Madrid reports an aerial patrol and defense against new bomb raids as officials describe a major reverse in the southwest city of Oropesa. The loss is labeled the most significant since the insurgents’ advance from Badajoz toward Toledo and Madrid, with Alvarez del Vayo claiming government forces fell back toward Talavera on the Toledo road. Recapture is expected soon, he says, as the fourth and fifth months of the year pass in the Jewish ecclesiastical year.
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Sopyright Associated Press
Madrid
Oropesa
Des
Insurgenta
Merida
Badajoz
Toledo
Alvarez del Vay
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William Riddle
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Uptoueeke
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Faultless Starch Company
Kansas City
Mqe
RCW
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Norge
Hope Furniture CO
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